Results of Phototherapeutic Keratectomy in the Management of Flap Striae after LASIK before and after Developing a Standardized Protocol. Long-term Follow-up of an Expanded Patient Population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1118-1123

  Ashrafzadeh, Amin ^a   Steinert, Roger F ^b  

^a Northern California Eye Physicians Medical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GATIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; STRIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLARE; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249695561     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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